Asylum seekers attempt suicide The Australian 11.06.2004
The mental health of several asylum seekers at Port Hedland detention centre had deteriorated to the point of suicide attempts and self-harm, federal MP Carmen Lawrence said today.
Last Manus Island asylum seeker looks forward to new life Sydney Morning H 07.06.2004
The last man left in the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea arrived in Melbourne last night and walked off the plane into a new life.
Holder barn bak lås og slå Dagsavisen 21.05.2004
Australia får nok en gang krass kritikk for sin asylpolitikk. Asylsøkerbarn holdes innestengt bak gjerder til tross for at det øker faren for psykiske problemer, påpeker menneskerettighetsgrupper.
Tampa saga officially over The Australian 21.05.2004
THE last of the Tampa asylum seekers have been recognised as refugees, almost three years after Prime Minister John Howard vowed never to let them reach Australian shores.
Hitler expo closes its doors The Weekend Aust 30.03.2004
AN exhibit implicating regular German troops in Holocaust crimes was shown for the last time in Hamburg today, contentious even after nine years with hundreds of right-extremists, and even more anti-Nazi protesters, taking to the streets to demonstrate.
Vanstone springs a refugee surprise Sydney Morning H 23.03.2004
Australia will accept 2000 more refugees a year, mostly from camps in Africa, after the Federal Government yesterday unexpectedly lifted its annual refugee intake for the first time in seven years.
Australien ska ta emot fler flyktingar TV4 23.03.2004
Australien kommer nästa år att ta emot 50 procent fler flyktingar. Regeringen säger att detta blir möjligt tack vare dess hårda tag mot illegal invandring.
Australias skjulte skam Morgenbladet 14.03.2004
Australia har en dypt rasistisk historie. 17 år gamle Thomas Hickeys død er dessverre et av mange eksempler på at overgrepene ikke bare hører fortiden til, skriver John Pilger.
Aborigines treated like Nazi slaves, says report Sydney Morning H 01.03.2004
Aboriginal workers in NSW whose wages were paid into government trust funds and never returned were treated like slaves under a scheme similar to those operated by the Nazis, according to a secret policy document written by a former top bureaucrat, Carmel Niland.
Populism bites a hand that fed it Sydney Morning H 23.02.2004
Each leader is using his own brand of political upmanship, writes Robert Manne.
